Apple Reportedly Still on Track to Launch 5G iPhone 12 in September

Posted by on Mar 20, 2022 in iPhone 12, News

A new Bloomberg study details that despite the COVID-xix outbreak, Apple is on track to launch its 5G iPhones in September this year. Ane of the reasons backside this is that the mass production of the devices is not scheduled to start until May.

Despite the shutdown in China in Feb, Apple was able to build a number of prototypes of the 5G iPhones and exam them. The company finalizes on the features and design of a new iPhone between Nov and December in the previous yr and then starts producing their casings in Apr followed by the Final Assembly, Exam and Pack in May.

If Apple is unable to send its team of engineers to China for finalizing the design and resolving other issues within the adjacent calendar month or so, this timeline could see a delay.

Apple's supply-chain was starting time disrupted by the coronavirus outbreak in Prc that led to the factories of its suppliers shutting downwardly for weeks. The outbreak has since spread to the residual of the earth leading to mill closures effectually the globe as the spread of the virus has been independent in China and factories are re-opening in the region. This has led to an improvement in the iPhone and AirPods supply which were in short supply over the final few weeks. Notwithstanding, the company's supply-chain is however not working at its total chapters as many of Apple's partners are affected past the shut downward in Malaysia.

One person who works in Apple tree's supply chain said non all operations are moving at normal speed because the period of components to assemble is still irksome. It will have another calendar month or more to get parts moving steadily through the system, the person added.

The study notes that the 2022 iPad Pro lineup appear by Apple tree earlier this calendar week went into mass product in early January. The Magic Keyboard with Trackpad, nonetheless, volition only launch in May which is an unusual filibuster on the company's part.

[Via Bloomberg]